Acorns, Acorns Everywhere...

Our last trip down to our family lake cottage was gray and rainy. We need it badly...it is going to be a chore to get the boat off the lift for winter storage this year! It definitely is feeling like fall now...our home, the entire lakeshore really, is surrounded by huge oak trees. They are beautiful and provide wonderful shade in the hot summers...

But this time of year, everything is covered in acorns!We've picked up 4 big landscape bags of them so far with more to go!

They are slippery and the dogs hate going outside, as I'm sure it hurts their feet to walk over these...

but they are pretty to look at in small amounts...

The Chinese Lanterns have turned a bright orange now...

They remind me of little pumpkins...

The last of the flowers are blooming in the perennial beds...

and seed heads are setting...

And I know what comes next...all those oak leaves are coming DOWN...

Until next time...hope you are having a little bit of autumn at your home, too!

Linda, It will be 104 again today! I wanted to transport "me-self" to your neck of the woods. Just love your pictures! Good luck @ Junk Bonaza wish I could still come :-(. Maybe next year!Smiles, AlicePs love your blog!

Great photos! Our deck is covered in green acorns and the little itty bitty ones that feel like tacks if you step on them and I DO!! I love acorns though..we dont' get the really big ones though. Those Chinese lanterns look so pretty!

Thank you so much for your comment on my window seat, I appreciate it! :) It was SO much work, but I definitely thing it was worth it..I've already climbed up there with a book and it's been dreamy! :)I LOVE all your acorns!!! I live in town, so we don't get much in the way of nature, so I think they're lovely! (of course I don't have to walk on them or pick them up!) lolLove ya girl!

I'm glad I don't have to be picking up all those acorns! I love Chinese Lanterns. I tried to grow some last year but they did grow.Good luck at Junk Bonanza. I wish I could come but don't think I can make it.

That acorn collecting project does not sound fun...maybe you need a herd of deer or something to do it for you :) I love the Chinese lanterns! They're so pretty for decorating, don't you think?! By the way, I've been meaning to tell you, I got my wonderful package and I love everything that was in it to bits! I can't wait to use them in some photos. Hope you have a good weekend. xo

Your fall weather is showing up sooner than mine (northern IL). Some of my flowers are withering, and the squirrels are running around with walnuts in their mouths, but that's about it. I love Chinese lanterns! I don't have any growing by my house, but several years ago a friend had given me some dried ones to use in decorating. Have you ever used them for that?

Dear Linda, your autumn photoes from your wonderful place , are so beautiful,all.The acorns looks from here very inviting to collect, but I can see what your mean ,about them being just maybe TOO many :-)The Chinese Lanterns I LOVE- especially when they fade away, like skeleton lanterns.Happy weekend Linda.xo,Dorthe

Today is the first day that it's felt like fall. No humidity and a high in the low 70's. I'm one happy girl! I, too,like acorns.. like the shape, love their sweet caps, and they always prod my imagination to think of what all I could do with them. However, I never thought about the dogs and how it must feel on their feet. Poor babies!! Glad you took time out to enjoy the lake home. You're very lucky!!

It was a good year for acorns, they were waking me up at night. It felt like fall in MN but out here, not yet, I'm surprised. What do you do with your acorns? Gather them up to get rid of or do you have a use for them? I wish I could use ours some how.

Our acorns and leaves always fell in the spring in FL. I wonder what will happen around here, the new place? Our rental comes with a weekly gardener which I feel is a huge luxury! But I don't know yet what the parameters of his duties are. I'm used to going out and tackling things on my own. I will not miss the acorns and leaf raking, but I sure miss those beautiful trees and my backyard. Lovely pictures, Linda. Ann

Your lake cottage looks so peaceful in the fall. Makes me want to curl up in one of your adirondaks and read a good book. Have fun getting ready for the show. I think I'm going to the Country Living Fair this weekend. Not a junky, but hopefully it will be worth the steep admission fee.

Yes, fall is around the corner. I started picking up acorns 2 weeks ago and my husband laid a guilt trip on me saying the squirrels will starve this winter. I figure the squirrels should just work faster instead of chasing the chipmunks around.

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